Shirt-drier.



No. 877,226. PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

P. J. TIMBERLAKE. SHIRTDRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1907.

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PAUL J. TIMBERLAKE, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO J.- B. TIMBERLAKE & SONS, A

CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SHIRT-DRIER.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed J 11116 7. 1907. Serial No. 377.805-

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL J. TIMBERLAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements" in Shirt Driers, of whichthe following is a specification, refer ence being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to forms for drying shirts and similar articles of clothing and has for its object to produce aform simple in construction, and inexpensive, upon which the article of clothing may be readily drawn and which will prevent it from shrinking in any part.

Figure 1 shows one form in which myimproved shirt drier can be made and Figs. 2 and 3 show other forms.

In the drawings, 2 is the rectangular body of the frame, preferably made of one continuous wire. In the form shown in Fig. 1 it is provided with the bends 3, 3*, to receive the ends of the forms for the sleeves, and the upper end of the rectangle is oflset at 4, 4, to fit the neck opening of the garment. The ends of the wire meeting in the center of this upper end of the body of the frame are se cured preferably in an upwardly turned twist 5. One or both of the ends is prolonged and bent to form a hook 6,by which the form may be suspended.

The forms for the sleeves 7, 7, are made of separate lengths of wire, the ends of each being bent into eyes 8, 8, which encircle the bends 3, 3 in the body part of the drier, forming thereby a hinge support.

.In the form of drier shown in Fig. "2 the lower bends 3 are dispensed with, and the sleeve forms 7 are of spring construction, that is the lower part or bar 7 0 by the re- ,siliency of the form tends to spring away looped at 3, 3 and each sleeve frame is formed from a length of wife by making the two rightangled bends 9, 9, slipping the free ends of the wire through the loops 3, 3, and bending the ends toward each other, and

I of the frame.

wardly relative to the rectangular sleeve frame, one of the ends being bent to form thehook 11. This hook engages the wire of the body of the frame. The outer ends of the sleeve forms are bent back upon themselves at 12, 12.

In using the drier shown in Fig. 3, the sleeve forms are unhooked from the body of the drier and moved toward each other, their side wires, w, 90, sliding in the loops ,3, 3, until the ends of the sleeve forms limit further movement. The garment is then slipped onto the form from above, the sleeve frames are pulled out, and hook 11 is placed in engagement with the wire of the body portion The cuff portions of the sleeve are drawn underthe ends 12, 12, which act as-frictional holders to retain the sleeves in an extended position and prevent them from shrinking lengthwise.

What I claim is:

1. A drying frame for shirts and similar articles of clothing, comprising a body frame and two sleeve frames, the latter being provided with holders at their outer ends to clamp the cuff ortions of the garment and to prevent them from shrinking lengthwise.

2. A drying frame for shirts and similar articles of clothing, comprising a body frame -'rovided with loops 3, 3, and two sleeve rames, the side wires of which pass through said loops and which are provided with the hooks, 11, 11, adapted to engage the wire of the body frame and hold said sleeve frames at their outermost position.

3. A drying frame for shirts and similar articles of clothing comprising a body frame and two sleeve frames secured to the body frame, each sleeve frame being adapted to hold a sleeve of the garment distended in a transverse direction and provided with a holder at its outer end to clamp the cuff por tion of the garment and to prevent it from shrinkin lengthwise.

4. A rying frame for shirts and similar articles of clothing, comprising a body frame rovided with loops 3, 3, and two sleeve rames, the side wires of which pass through said loops sub'stantiallyas set'forth.

5. A drying frame for shirts and similar articles of clothing comprising a, body fi'aLme In testiinony whereof 'I affix my signatui'e,

and two sleeve frames, the latter being bent in presence of two witnesses.

back upon themselves at their outer ends in PAUL Jv 'TIMBERL such a manner as to be ada ted to friction- 5 all engage with the ends 0 the sleeves and Witnesses: ho d them distended longitudinally,'substan- VERNE W. BADGLEY,

tially as set forth. WILB R B. TIMBERLAKE. 

